In the central Marina Roscha shul in Moscow, headed by Rabbi Berel Lazar, the chief rabbi of Russia, preparations are being made to receive the masses who will come to daven on Rosh Hashanah, and the participants for Yom Tov Meals in multiple halls. At Share Tzedek Chesed Organization has succesfuly completed the “Kumcha D’Tishrei” project, during which thousands of holiday kits were distributed • Photos

In an emergency conference scheduled for Monday, 75 Russian rabbis will gather in Moscow to restate their obligation of “not abandoning their communities and staying with them to provide spiritual, psychological and emotional support, no matter how complicated things get.” • Full Story

Gaon Av Beis Din of the Eida HaChareidis Rabbi Yitzchok Tuvia Weiss O.B.M., who passed away this past Shabbos in Yerushalaim, hosted Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar Shlit”a a number of years ago to discuss pertinent Halachic matters • Full Story, Photos

In honor of May 9, otherwise known as Victory Day in former Soviet countries, which celebrated the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, Russian Senior Shliach and Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar made a personal visit to Velvel Mulevitch, an aging Jewish war veteran who fought alongside his father during the German siege of Leningrad (S. Petersburg). Rabbi Lazar spoke to Velvel about his war experiences, erected a mezuzah on his doorpost, as well as put on Tefillin with him • Photos

Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has criticized remarks by his country’s foreign minister, who suggested that the worst antisemites were Jewish and that Adolf Hitler had Jewish ancestry • Full Story

“As rabbis and community leaders, as well as emissaries of the Rebbe, we always stressed that the political aspect of what’s going on has nothing to do with us. We don’t understand it properly with all its nuances, and getting into the political side of things would simply constitute a waste of time and energy that would be better spent on helping Jews” • Full Story